HackingFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Pension Specialists, Ltd

bd_68ef85fd7077115d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 24, 2024

Filed

Mar 26, 2025

To disclose

13 months

Affected

50state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Pension Specialists, Ltd →

The Pension Specialists, Ltd. (TPS) filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General regarding a data security incident. Unauthorized access to files occurred between Feb 18-23, 2024. TPS engaged cybersecurity experts and determined personal information (names, regulated data sets) was involved. 50 NH residents were notified. TPS offered Kroll credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 396 days

Feb 18, 2024

Begins

Feb 24, 2024

Discovered

Dec 16, 2024

Scope determined

Mar 26, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+48 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_df2d453b615dd4c22025-04-01 · +6dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_4630f5e44648cc3a2025-02-14 · +40dVerified
Montana State AGbd_63987a788598001b2025-02-14 · +40dCandidate
Iowa State AGbd_aadb4195110c2d562025-02-14 · +40dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 53d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_dac19d0255af5d7e2025-02-14 · +40dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_f93973363c90f2fe2025-02-14 · +40dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_f9ba0342c345db7a2025-02-14 · +40dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_fc26d7cd82ccb4562025-02-01 · +53dVerified

Name: The Pension Specialists, Ltd
norm: the pension specialists

Name: The Pension Specialists, Ltd
norm: the pension specialists
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 18, 2024 – Feb 23, 2024
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Dec 16, 2024
Notification sent: Mar 26, 2025
Affected individuals: 50state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with the process
Conducted a comprehensive review of all potentially affected information
Mailed notification letters to potentially impacted individuals
Engaged a third-party vendor to look up the contact information for individuals with missing addresses
Offered complimentary services through Kroll, which includes credit monitoring, Fraud Consultation and Identity Theft Restoration
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(396 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGFeb 1 · first

Nebraska State AG+13d

Montana State AG+13d

Iowa State AG+13d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Maryland State AG+13d

Vermont State AG+13d

New Hampshire State AG+53d · this page

Illinois State AG+59d

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Apr 1 (IL) — a 59-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/pension-specialists-20250326.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 26, 2025
Raw hash: 0613c93642ce81ccaf36ae60b26e164df4859df0e335fabef53ff238f6de9f90

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Pension Specialists, Ltd

Victim entityThe Pension Specialists, Ltd

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2024

Stated responseEngaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with the process

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov